Chapter 4
788 Words
You're probably wondering who I am, who's Chase, where I'm going to and all that. So this is me.
I'm Dallas David Dexter, the 2nd kid of my parents, they call me either D or DD. Few years ago while coming back from school I decided to take another route home instead of the usual one. As I was walking down the road, I heard cheering and shouting coming from far off. I followed the noise and it led me to a large building. I approached the building and was about to enter when a guy stopped me. “Hey, your money” the guy asked. “How much” I replied, “seems you're new here. I'm Chase and it's five dollars” he said. I pulled out a ten dollar bill from my pocket and gave it to him. I walked past him and entered inside. What I saw was terrific. I saw people wrestle each other both men and women. I watched them beat up each other and one usually emerged winner. “Hey there” I look up to see Chase. “Are you following me” I ask him, “you forgot your change” “keep it” I tell him. “I'd like to try this” I say, “what?” “I wanna fight too”. He looks at me like I'm drunk. “You know this is illegal right” he says. “I don't care”, “fine, I'll see what I can do” he said. And true to his word, he did help me. I started underground fighting. I did have karate classes when I was younger, so I already had an experience in fighting. I fought women and won but I got bored. Not that I was too strong but I was swift and tactical. I told Chase I'd like to try fighting guys so we decided I'll need a disguise. So now I wear a hoodie, mask and my name is D'wane but only in the ring. I kept fighting and winning. One day, I fought a guy but it was extremely tough. At the end of it, I emerged winner and the thing was, the whole place was silent for a while before there were ooh's and aah's. After that day, I started having the feeling that someone was following me. I put it behind me and thought of it as a normal feeling. After some time I realized it wasn't just a feeling, someone was actually stalking me. I told Chase about it and nearly fainted when he told me that it was the guy I had beaten up a few days back. He then told me the guy's name was Anthony Rogers - leader of the Titans, one of the most powerful gangs in California. “He wants to meet you” Chase said. “He knows you're a girl” he added. Gbam! That's how I ended up as a gang member. I don't show it cause it's a secret, not even Alysa knows. I try to go unnoticed and act calm but that doesn't mean that anyone who crosses my path goes scot-free.
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I park my car and I approach the large building where cheering is ongoing. I go in to meet Chase and he gives me my mask and I wear my hoodie and wrap my hands. I go in to watch the ongoing fight and it ends with a huge guy beating the other one down. He is cheered by the crowd and I keep a sneer on my face. The guy points at me, challenging me. I step forward and enter the ring. “D'wane” I hear the crowd cheer. The guy beats his chest and roars. He advances towards me with a punch. I feel blood dripping from my mouth and anger rushes through my veins. I throw a punch at him and another. He throws me a punch and I duck and hit him in the gut. I blow him in the head and he hits my nose before falling to the ground. I climb him and punch with severe anger till he becomes unconscious. “D'wane, D'wane, D'wane” I hear the crowd chant. I do few fights before retiring home. I clean my mouth and nose and have my bath. Feeling hungry, I go to the kitchen to prepare chicken pasta. 'Nice game’ - boss. I smile and pour the pasta and eat. I go to my room, check IG a little before I check our gang group chat and see we have a meeting in a week's time, then sleep over takes me.
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